The rich and powerful are using ruinous lawsuits to target journalists and activists who hold them to account. Tina Burrett...

Mutual aid networks in Ukraine have stepped up to support those in need across the country, writes Tina Burrett.

Tina Burrett speaks to the people taking to the streets of Russia to protest the invasion of Ukraine.

Tina Burrett on Central Asia’s only electoral democracy.

Putin piles on the political pressure in Russia.

Regional media is holding its own against the ‘official version’ put out by the nationals. Could it be a harbinger for change,...

Ten years on from the devastating nuclear disaster, citizens are working together to show that nuclear power and fossil fuels...

Despite significant ongoing problems, life has changed for many minority communities since the military last ruled. Now those...

Despite populism being rife everywhere else, Japan has refused to succumb. Are there lessons to be learned? asks Tina Burrett.

The struggle to define Russia’s future is under way but those hoping for a more progressive post-Putin Russia shouldn’t hold...

Hawkish Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is trying to tinker with Japan’s pacifist constitution – but peace activists are...

Escaping the pressures of modern life in Japan. By Tina Burrett and Christopher Simons.